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There are three convenient ways to lead from Jiangnan Road to Jiangbei Road, but no matter which way you go, you always have to cross the mighty river. In today's world, there are no concrete bridges that Fan Xian is familiar with. Constant ferries to support the heavy traffic along the water.
The three major workshops of the Neiku are in northern Fujian, the transshipment office is in Suzhou, and Mr. Fan is in Hangzhou. It seems that the control of the Neiku is in a loose state, but only those who have the opportunity to get in touch with these officials and businessmen will know. However, after the Overwatch Council and the Neiku Yamen joined hands, the control over the warehouses and special passages all over the south of the Yangtze River is so strict.
In particular, the route to the north deliberately made a detour to the west, crossing the river from Shazhou to the north, crossing the barren hills on Jiangbei Road, meadows on Cangzhou Road, and then passing through Beihai, continuously sending it into the Within the borders of Northern Qi, they brought back abundant silver for Qing to purchase other necessities.
Most of the goods on Xingbei Road are under Xia Mingji's control. With Fan Xian's help, Xia Qifei bid for several big bids, and secretly integrated small businesses and gangs in the Jiangnan area, which has gradually become popular.
And the reason why he chose to cross the river in Shazhou, from the eyes of the officials, was naturally because the Jiangnan Navy was stationed in Shazhou, but only Fan Xian and him knew that Shazhou was chosen because of the strongest strength of the Jiangnan Water Village Here, although the imperial court can send personnel to supervise the delivery of these goods in the inner warehouse, but...all the things contained in it are not at ease to be watched by the imperial court.
Xia Qifei was sitting in the tea shop outside the city gate of Shazhou, drinking tea while watching the boats transporting goods on the gentle river, squinting his eyes slightly. The second young master in the north suddenly increased his appetite for goods, but it was not enough to make him unable to take it. After all, the door of the inner warehouse is completely open to Fan Xian's cronies like them. To send all the goods there within the specified time without making the imperial court suspicious requires careful arrangements.
Fortunately, according to the court practice, the Overwatch Council is solely responsible for monitoring the operation of the internal treasury. Today, the worries of the ministers above the court have finally become a reality, and Fan Xian monitors himself, how can this not be a problem
Xia Qifei put down the teacup and slowly savored the bitter taste in his mouth, but there was no bitterness in his heart. Looking back on the past year and a half, he sometimes felt that he was dreaming. Once the family feud that had been biting his heart for more than ten years was cleared up, the Ming family returned to his own hands, and his identity changed from the shady leader of the Jiangnan Water Village to an official of the Overwatch Council, famous all over the south of the Yangtze River. wealthy businessman.
Things in this world are indeed strange.
It's just that he also knows that the Ming family today is no longer the Ming family of the past. Although the court did not directly intervene in it, if Master Xiao Fan really spoke, he could only follow suit.
Thinking of this, he withdrew his satisfied eyes from those cargo boxes in Jiangshangzhou, frowned slightly, and couldn't figure out something - smuggling goods from the inner warehouse to Northern Qi Dongyi was undoubtedly the most profitable business in the world. But as Master Xiao Fan, why would he be so greedy? Master Xiao Fan explained back then that the reason why the eldest princess was greedy for money was because she wanted to seek power in the court, lay the foundation for the princes, and buy people's hearts in the army.
But Master Xiao Fan is the prince himself, and it is impossible for him to take over the throne after returning to the Fan family. What does he need so much money for? What's more, His Majesty didn't like the Eldest Princess secretly moving her inner treasury to almost empty. Could His Majesty allow Lord Fan to do so now
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Since the Eldest Princess Li Yunrui lost power, this moderate shock wave has lightly swept through the hearts of the nobles in the world, and has not stirred up any waves. Of course, this is only calm on the surface, and no one knows what people are thinking in the dark.
It's just that people now know how Fan Xian, the power minister of the Southern Dynasty, won the favor of Emperor Qing, and how much power he has in his hands. It's inevitable that everyone will be vigilant and look forward to it—no matter how you say it, Fan Xian is still in the hearts of the people in the world. He is still a scholar, especially his performance on the stage over the years, let people know that he is a little different from the ordinary children of the rich and powerful in the Qing Dynasty, as he is not so passionate and belligerent.
Northern Qi and Dongyi naturally hoped that Fan Xian would last forever. Even if the little emperor of Northern Qi wanted to draw Fan Xian to his side to be his prince, he also knew that it would be in his best interest for Fan Xian to stay in Nanqing. Good enough to be strong enough to influence the decision of Emperor Qing.
However, this is just extravagant hope and idealism. No emperor would be so stupid as to pin his hopes for peace on a courtier in a foreign country. Peace between countries is ultimately reflected in strength. The strength of a country is naturally military power!
Since the beginning of spring, in the open wilderness to the north of Yanjing and east of Cangzhou, a heroic general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Uesugi Tiger, was released from house arrest and parachuted to the south, establishing his absolute authority in the army in a very short period of time. Authoritative, began daily drills and exercises, maintained a strong deterrent effect on the Southern Dynasties army, and suppressed the ambitions of the Nanqing people.
Confronting Uesugi Tiger head-on is Yan Xiaoyi, a general of the Qing Dynasty and the governor of the Peking University. Such two great men collided together, how could there be no sparks and the smell of blood gradually rose. Although there was no war on the border, some small frictions and some deliberately created tense atmosphere gradually permeated.
Xia Mingji, hosted by Xia Qifei, transported the goods from the inner warehouse to the north. The reason why they had to go to the North Sea in the south of Cangzhou was actually because the situation in Cangzhou had always been tense.
However, all this changed completely during this month. For some reason, Uesugi Tiger suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to the north for more than 50 miles, dispatched troops, and assumed a lazy posture of neither defending nor rushing, as if he didn't care that Yan Xiaoyi was Leading 100,000 elite soldiers in the area between Yanjing and Cangzhou, staring like a cow, always wanting to come up and take a bite.
Nervousness suddenly turned into leisure, and the parade of soldiers from the two countries suddenly turned into an outing. The sudden change made Nanqing's military feel annoyed and stunned for no reason.
What are the people of Northern Qi thinking
Yan Xiaoyi knew what the Northern Qi people were thinking, he took a sip of the strong wine produced on the grasslands north of the North Sea, the wine slightly wet his beard, and the cold light in his eyes gradually filled.
Ever since the news from the capital reached Cangzhou, Yan Xiaoyi knew that he was facing a crisis, and when his cronies lowered their voices at night to offer ideas, he remained calm and did not say a word.
When Uesugi Tiger led the Northern Qi army to retreat slowly and put on a posture of a woman leaning on the couch, Yan Xiaoyi was neither surprised nor puzzled, just sneered.
The people of Northern Qi naturally also knew the news of the eldest princess's loss of power, and knew that the emperor would definitely take him down, so at this moment, Uesugi Tiger deliberately showed weakness and took off all the pressure on Yan Xiaoyi in order to allow him to preserve all strength and spirit.
What are these saved for? Naturally, he had to deal with his own emperor.
Yan Xiaoyi slowly put down his wine glass, a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips. If the Northern Qi emperor suddenly wants to attack Uesugi Tiger at this time, he will do the same. There are internal problems in the enemy country. After tossing and killing each other, it is not unhappy to reap the benefits of the fisherman.
But Yan Xiaoyi didn't seem to have made any preparations, he seemed to be just waiting for that day, waiting for a few wrinkled old eunuchs to come on horseback, exhausted, hoarse, terrified, but forced to calmly face him. Announce His Majesty's will.
"Yan Xiaoyi...reads..."
The eldest princess has fallen, and as the eldest princess' confidant, he is the greatest help in the army... His Majesty will naturally not allow him to still be in charge of the very elite soldiers of the Northern Army. Yan Xiaoyi knew this very well.
He was already prepared, so he didn't see the anger on the faces of his cronies. However, to his surprise, His Majesty's decree has not yet arrived, and worries surfaced on his face, wondering what kind of crime the emperor wanted to arrange for himself, why did he delay for so long
Liquor burns Yan Xiaoyi's heart so much, does it mean that His Majesty really trusts him so much? But His Majesty knew that he was just a hunter in the mountains back then. If it wasn't for the eldest princess, he would have been unknown all his life.
What's more, Fan Xian had a vengeance against himself for killing his son. Although Yan Xiaoyi had never found evidence, he believed that in Qing Kingdom, apart from His Majesty, there were only two lunatics who dared to kill his son. , of course it was the crazy Fan Xian.
It is impossible for His Majesty to kill his illegitimate son to avenge his son. This is the biggest irreversible conflict between Yan Xiaoyi and the emperor—and Yan Xiaoyi's fierce character is destined to prevent him from being caught without a fight, and he will die of old age in Kyoto.
But he would not lead his troops to the Northern Qi monarchs who were watching the theater in the north, because it would be a kind of humiliation.
Yan Xiaoyi picked up the glass of strong wine again, drank it down, sighed, he really didn't know what to do, then he received a letter, and the person who wrote this letter was someone he had never thought of of a character.
Looking at the letter, his hands holding the letter paper began to tremble. Those hands that were always as stable as mountains, those hands that controlled strings like gods, those hands that were still as strong as Shadow and Fan Xian when they were attacked by two ninth-rank masters. The steel-like hand trembled.
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It is still the end of spring in the country of Qing, and the border in the far south is already scorching hot. The surrounding dense forests are weak in the high-altitude sun. The high temperature and roasting are almost dry.
The heat is not terrible, what is terrible is the humidity in the dense forest. I do not know why there are so many heavy rains in the south. Although the rain does not last for a long time, the rainwater hits the ground and is baked by the high temperature before it can seep into the soil. Turned into water vapor, wrapping the woods, animals and people walking on the road, making it difficult for all creatures to breathe.
A mighty team was walking lazily on the official road, and the officials of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites, who were in charge of the face of the kingdom of heaven, all opened their skirts and didn't care about decency. Military discipline has always been strict, and hundreds of imperial guards with brightly armored armor also wore their coats and hats crookedly. Even the palace tiger guards surrounding several carriages in the middle began to look tired and rascal in their eyes.
In the carriage in the middle sat His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Qing Kingdom.
At this time, it has been more than a month since he left Beijing, and the ceremony in Nanzhao Kingdom went very smoothly. He pretended to cry several times in front of the dead king's coffin, and gently talked a few gossips with the child king. , After witnessing the enthronement ceremony, His Royal Highness and his party set off for the north.
The reason why he chose to travel under such a bright sun is that it is not easy to get foggy in the forest when the sun is strong, and in the dense forest at the junction of Nanzhao and Qingguo, the most terrifying thing is the poisonous fog.
Prince Li Chengqian knocked on the window lattice of the carriage, signaled the whole team to stop, then got off the carriage with the support of the eunuch, and whispered something to the chief official of the Ministry of Rites.
A tiger guard said respectfully: "Your Highness, go while the sun is shining, so as not to be invaded by the poisonous fog."
The prince smiled and said, "Take a rest, everyone is tired."
"I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up to the inn ahead." The tiger guard said in a difficult way.
"Didn't you say yesterday that there is a small family before the inn?" The prince said kindly, "It would be good to live there tonight."
The official from the Ministry of Rites who was questioned earlier dissuaded: "What is your highness, how can you live in the wilderness casually? The post station in Tiancheng County is too broken. The big post planned last night has been prepared to welcome your highness."
The prince insisted on not allowing it, only saying that the followers around him were exhausted. The official from the Ministry of Rituals couldn't help but asked with a little fear: "But I missed the return date..."
"It is my responsibility that these soldiers cannot be exhausted and sick." The prince said with a frown.
Then there was an order to let a group of hundreds of people rest on the spot, and they should be able to make it in time to spend the night in Tiancheng County tonight. The sergeants and tiger guards breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and thanked the prince for their kindness, then deployed defenses on both sides of the road, and the teams rested.
Everyone knew that the prince felt sorry for his hard work, and all cast grateful glances, but they dared not let the prince see this gaze. For more than a month, from the capital south to Nanzhao, and then back to the north, the road was long and difficult, but His Royal Highness was not as delicate as people imagined before, and he didn't say a word, and he comforted and encouraged these subordinates a lot, Indescribably amiable.
Along the way, everyone had a new understanding of His Highness the Crown Prince, and felt that His Highness really cared for the people, not only did he have no complaints about His Majesty's will, but he never forgot himself in everything.
The prince led the decree to go to Nanzhao to observe the ceremony. Such a difficult and useless mission, in the eyes of the people in the world, would feel that even if His Majesty did not exile the prince, he was still warning the prince, or punishing him in disguise. However, today's officers, soldiers and officials are a little puzzled, what is there to be dissatisfied with such an excellent prince
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A green curtain was pulled up in the forest for the prince to rest. In fact, everyone knew that it was mainly for the convenience of the prince. Although the prince shared the joys and sorrows with everyone along the way, it is impossible for a majestic highness to squat on the road with everyone. Bare ass and shit.
Li Chengqian smiled helplessly at the forbidden soldiers who pulled the green curtain, opened a corner of the green curtain and walked in, but...he didn't unbutton his pants, but just waited calmly and slightly nervously.
After not staying for long, he held a pill in one hand and sent it into the green curtain.
Apparently this kind of thing happened more than once, the prince took it directly, chewed it up and swallowed it, and then licked the gap between his teeth with the tip of his tongue, to make sure that no medicine residue would be left, so that those named servants would secretly monitor The eunuch found out.
"Why can't this medicine be provided to those sergeants?" After a moment of silence, the prince said to the faint shadow outside the green curtain, with a sad tone, "Seven people have died along the way."
There were too many poisonous miasmas in Nanzhao. Although the Imperial Hospital had prepared excellent medicines, there were still several imperial soldiers and eunuchs who accidentally inhaled poisonous mist and died.
The shadow outside the green curtain paused for a moment and then said: "Your Highness, I find that I like you more and more." After saying this, Wang Shisanlang shook his head and disappeared without a sound.
The crown prince squatted down and frowned slightly. He knew that Wang Shisanlang was sent by Fan Xian, but he didn't know why Fan Xian was protecting him so carefully. However, what Fan Xian said was very clear, and he didn't need to lead him. What's the matter, it's just that he doesn't like the feeling of a master being far away from him, and he once tried to ask that person to give him all the medicine.
It's just that he is served by eunuchs when he goes to bed, so it would be a big trouble if people find that the prince is carrying medicines of unknown origin.
It's just that there is no medicine around, so he can't save people. Thinking of the people who died along the way, the prince couldn't help but sigh.
During these days, he performed very well, so good that he couldn't be better, because he knew what kind of person his father was, and his father was looking for a reason. As an excuse for face, the emperor will not act in a hurry.
Father loves face too much, Li Chengqian thought with a smile, stood up, and threw the used paper on the ground, thinking what is the difference between face-saving and ass-wiping paper
But it is really necessary, at least because of this, Li Chengqian can hold on for a while longer. A stubborn expression appeared on his face, Father, my son will not give you too many excuses, if you want to abolish me, don't even try to keep your face.
He opened the green curtain and walked out, looked at the dazzling sunlight in the sky, suddenly thought of the child next to the coffin of the King of Nanzhao, lost his mind slightly, thought to himself that he was the prince, the father died early, in fact, it was really a child a happy thing.
He immediately thought of staying in Tiancheng County tonight, and felt that the name of this county was really auspicious, so he couldn't help laughing. (, If you want to know what happens next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support the original!)